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The Enemy is Bullshit

The Enemy is Bullshit

“President Obama himself has engaged in class warfare trying to separate Americans”. “[The Democrats are] running campaigns against the American people”. These two quotes, the latest to make political news from Texan Senator...

 

Ban on Music in Somalia Starts

Ban on Music in Somalia Starts

On Tuesday, Islamic militants who are in de facto control of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu ordered all radio stations to cease playing music, claiming that all music is against the principles of Islam. So far, more than a dozen radio stations...

 

Nuclear Summit Pushes for Cooperative Security and Sanctions

Nuclear Summit Pushes for Cooperative Security and Sanctions

Obama speaking at the Nuclear Security Summit Earlier this week President Barack Obama hosted the Nuclear Security Summit, attended by delegates and heads of states of 47 nations. Among the primary desires voiced by Obama were for governments...

 

Netanyahu Cancels Nuclear Summit Trip

Netanyahu Cancels Nuclear Summit Trip

Netanyahu and Joe Biden in better times Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday that he is canceling his planned attendance to an international summit on nuclear weapons, putting further strain on already tense relations...

 

Diplomat Attempts to Light Shoe on Fire on Plane, Subdued

Diplomat Attempts to Light Shoe on Fire on Plane, Subdued

A man was subdued by a federal air marshal yesterday evening for attempting to light his shoe on fire on United Airlines flight 663. The plane, a Boeing 757 with over 150 passengers onboard, was headed to Denver, Colorado from Washington D.C. The...

 

North Korea Sentences American

North Korea Sentences American

Aijon Mahli Gomes: North Korean prisoner, but for how long? North Korea has just announced that is has sentenced an American prisoner to eight years of hard labor and ordered him to pay a $700,000 fine for illegally crossing the border into...

 

Violence Sweeps Baghdad

Violence Sweeps Baghdad

Violence has escalated in Baghdad in the weeks after the Iraqi parliamentary elections, leading to civilian casualties and a growing concern over the Iraqi government’s capacity to instill security, with the exit of many United States combat...

 

Karzai Threatens to Quit and Support Taliban

Karzai Threatens to Quit and Support Taliban

Days after he gave a speech with controversial remarks claiming that America and its Western allies were intent on keeping Afghanistan “weakened and battered…ineffective”, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai threatened to defect to the...

 

Red-Shirts Continue Bangkok Protests

Red-Shirts Continue Bangkok Protests

Thaksin Shinawatra Defying a government deadline to cease their protests, anti-government protesters blocked roads in the Thai capital of Bangkok on Saturday. This is the first time that the protesters, known as the red-shirts, have targeted...

 

Polar Goals and Polar Measures in Obama Energy Plan

Polar Goals and Polar Measures in Obama Energy Plan

In the struggle to arrive at a consensus on a climate deal, President Obama announced this Wednesday his plan to open parts of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters to offshore oil and gas exploration. The move – an attempt to gather...